Lovin' My Family

I went to my parent's house today.  My sister is in town, and my grandpa even came over.  We all had lunch together and then Henry, Grandpa, and I played with Tinker Toys.  I don't ever remember Grandpa playing with us as kids, so it's really neat to see him doing that now.  I think he enjoys having a boy great-grandson because he and my grandma had 5 kids...all boys.  I think he can just relate to them better.

Anyway, that is not the point of this post.  The point of this post is this:

As Henry and I were preparing to leave, my dad offered Henry some mini marshmallows.  Henry adores my dad and mini marshmallows; I seriously wonder if my dad could offer him brussel sprouts and Henry would accept them because my dad is the one who offered them.  Henry took the marshmallows, and as he did my dad commented that they were "snowman poop."  Which is what we always used to call them, so this is a funny thing and not crude.

Henry proceeded to dump all his marshmallows in the floor, and when my dad looked over exasperatedly, I said, "Hey it's snowman poop, so he dumped it in the floor."  Incredibly corny, I know.  Thank you, I'll be here all evening!  *ba dum ba*

My sister made some comment about me still being the queen (the Queen of Corn, that is...we used to trade that crown back and forth as teens, but honestly, I wore it more often.  Not a bad thing, as that corniness has allowed me to write some pretty funny skits as an adult.)  And then my mom chimed in with her own corny comment.

I honestly don't remember what the comment was, but I said, "Oh I see you're trying to take the crown from me."  And my mom replies with, "Oh honey, I don't think I could ever do that."

My mom totally cracked on me!  She NEVER does that!  It was seriously so funny because she didn't even mean to do that; she just did.  It was awesome and funny and still makes me smile even several hours later.

Have I  mentioned I love my family?

Cuz I do.  A whole lot.  :o)

Dearest Laura, We the family

Dearest Laura,

We the family love you, too!  It was so special to have you and Henry here today. Thank you for coming!!  Time flies when you're here, and all too soon it is time for everyone to get back to their busy lives and schedules.  I am still smiling about all of the good-natured kidding and fun that we had today.  What a blessing that we have such good senses of humor with our family members.  It seems that we get along and bouy up each other's spirits. Did you recall that the mini marshmallows got their snowman poop assignment many years ago from Lou Oates?  She made up dirty Santa Christmas gifts of marshmallows in baggies and attached notes to the baggies saying it was snowman poop.   Lou is one of the few people that I know who could dream up and bring a dirty Santa gift of snowman poop to a Sunday School Christmas party.

 

I don't know of anyone else besides you who could come up with a quick reply like you did when you said that "he dumped the marshmallows on the floor!"  That was very clever!!  I am so sorry if I hurt your feelings when I said that I could not take your Queen of Corn crown from you.  I love how zany and creative that you are, my love, and the twists and turns that your gift of the extraordinary view of life take all of us to.  I guess I was having a mom moment.  Please forgive me if I hurt your feelings.

 

Love forever, Mom

You did not hurt my

You did not hurt my feelings!  I love you, Mom!